Nearly 5,500 participants from 20 ally and partner nations are participating in Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army's Grafenwöhr and Hohenfels Training Areas Sept. 4 to Oct. 1, 2018. The exercise is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations.
Participating nations are: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States. The U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard are also supporting Saber Junction 18 by providing personnel air drop and air landing support of airfield seizure.